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LIVE LINK: Mississippi State press conference

Here is the live link to the Mississippi State press conference. Rick Stansbury is expect to announce his "retirement" at 2:00 (ET) today. Enjoy…. http://www.hailstate.com/mediaPortal/player.dbml?&id=470…

Extension for NC State’s Gottfried

By qualifying for the NCAA Tournament, NC State head coach Mark Gottfried received an automatic two-year contract extension. The auto extension is part of the deal that he signed when he was hired last April. Gottfried now has six years remaining at an approximate $1.2 million per year. Also in his deal are bonuses for

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BREAKING: Zeigler fired at Central Michigan

Central Michigan University Director of Athletics Dave Heeke announced today that men’s basketball coach Ernie Zeigler will not be retained after six seasons as head coach. Zeigler is released from the final two years of his contract, which was extended in April 2010 following his winningest season (15-15). That season was followed by a 10-21

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Daily Dirt – 3/14/12

What a crazy day yesterday! The HoopDirt World Headquarters were abuzz with activity with all of the action – Doherty, Horn, Tillette, and Eaves were all fired. Howland got a vote of confidence, and a bunch of small college guys were released. I think today will be a bit quieter, but there are a few

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Daily Dirt II – 3/14/12

Late night "dirt" to wrap up another busy day…. I’ve heard that there will be a change at Western Wyoming CC. According to a well placed source, Trace Bevell is no longer the head coach at WWCC. He had been the head coach there for the past five seasons going 107-59 (23-9 this season). Prior

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UAFS assistant resigns

UAFS men’s basketball coach Josh Newman has announced the recent resignation of assistant coach Sam Belt. Belt recently signed a professional contract to play basketball for the Ringwood Hawks in Victoria, Australia. He previously played for the Hawks for one season after graduating from the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond. Prior to joining Newman’s

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SLCC removes interim tag from Phillips

Salt Lake Community College has announced the hiring of Todd Phillips as the new Men’s Basketball Coach. Phillips served as interim head coach this past season leading the Bruins to a 21-9 record and a second place finish in the SWAC. Prior to being named the Head Coach, Phillips has been with SLCC for three

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BREAKING: South Carolina fires Horn

A 1:30pm press conference has been scheduled today at the University of South Carolina to announce the firing of head coach Darrin Horn. Multiple sources have confirmed this report. Horn went 60-63 in 4 seasons at USC, but had 3 losing seasons in a row after a going 21-10 in his first year. More on

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BREAKING: Doherty fired at SMU

According to multiple outlets, Matt Doherty has been fired as the head coach at SMU. Doherty was 80-109 in six seasons (13-19 this season). SMU will pay Doherty $500,000 to cover the final year of his contract. More when this becomes official.

URI update

Things are moving quickly at the University of Rhode Island – in fact, this may be the quickest search that we see all year. AD Thorr Bjorn has already scheduled preliminary interviews with at least three candidates (and a fourth on the way). Our sources tell us that Wagner head coach Danny Hurley will be

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Ring named head coach at BJU

Bob Jones University (BJU) announced the installation of Neal Ring as the university’s first athletic director – he will also serve as the men’s basketball coach. Ring served most recently as the head basketball coach at Maranatha Baptist Bible College. Ring has served as the head basketball coach at Maranatha for three years in the

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Delta State releases coach

Delta State University director of athletics Jeremy McClain announced that the contract of head men’s basketball coach Jason Conner will not be renewed. Conner directed the Statesmen to a 93-73 record during his six-year tenure, including a 6-21 finish in 2011-12. The Lakeland, Fla., native became head coach in 2006-07 after spending seven seasons as

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